Myriam Marquez - A Warrior Against Alzheimer’s

By the time she’d reached 60, Myriam Marquez was convinced she’d dodged a bullet and that the family legacy had skipped her somehow. Her father had started to show signs of memory loss and other cognitive impairment in his early 40s. So did five of her uncles. They all died in their early 50s. She’s the fifth oldest of her cousins and two are currently in the end stages of younger-onset Alzheimer’s. For Myriam, there’s no question that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) runs in her family.